tea ball

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   a kitchen utensil consisting of a perforated metal ball for making tea

   Broaderkitchen utensil

Questions about tea ball

What does tea ball mean?

tea ball means "a kitchen utensil consisting of a perforated metal ball for making tea".

Is tea ball a common word?

tea ball is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.